#Babes in the Woods

[pigeon-princess]

Front and back cover illustrations for my Curse of Strahd zine: Beyond the Mists. You can get the zine now on my online shop!

[saribrum]

A gift for @pigeon-princess of her boy Silas~

Revenge for all the awesome friendship you have shown me over the last few months and for having one of the cutest nerds out there in Barovia ❤️

This was not an excuse to draw him, no not at all

[bunnystrawberry-sorbet]

[thefugitivesaint]

'Babes in the Wood', ‘'The Children's Encyclopaedia'', Vol. 3, 1908 Source I wasn’t able to track down the artist’s name so I have no idea who did this alas. 

[tomoleary]

Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone (1928-1979/98) “Babes in the Woods” book illustration (1964) Source

[sierrasheep]

My critter Aspar(Asparagus) I'm playing for the Babes in the Woods ttrpg campaign my freind @angelus-lorelei is DMing. She's doing a wonder job her first time DMing and our adventures are so fun!

[kkachi-rkcl]

Psst, hey! Yeah you! If you’re a fan of Over the Garden Wall and TTRPGs, you should totally check out my bestie StellaLuna’s current campaign Beyond the Brook!

Episode 4 airs tonight (Jan 5 2024) at 8PM ET and previous episodes are available on YouTube! The cast’s characters all share one brain cell and I love them to absolute pieces!!!

[thelastofthebookworms]

My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.

[purpleplaid17]

Me rewinding Over the Garden Wall Ep 8 to see if I can tell which voice is Jenna Ortega bc I noticed she was listed as 'additional voices' in the end credits.

[oneirotect]

bonjour! heads up to anyone who followed me for Curse of Strahd/Babes in the Woods reasons- I'm still in the process of moving back over to tumblr, so I'll be a little more active here in the coming months

BUT if you want more insight into the campaign, you can follow me on my DnD twitter over at @indirovich ! I post all my campaign art and post-session thoughts there. Also hit tweets like this:

I'll likely keep posting there until the bird site Finally Collapses and I begin crossposting art here.

[pigeon-princess]

You may be ancient and you may be the land... but I'll be damned if you're not my liege.

I wanted to have a go at designing some outfits for Strahd and Rahadin! I really miss running around Castle Ravenloft and being scared out of my mind interacting with these two.

[a-story-is-true]

good luck, babe!

[on youtube]

[bunnystrawberry-sorbet]

[erwinsvow]

the frustration shy reader must feel bc she’s freaky… no doubt about it, but rafe is like she’s too precious and innocent for that

no srsly.. he thinks shes so fragile because she took some time to adjust to being intimate w him but its like no she was just a shy virgin and rafe is so overwhelming but like when she gets comfortable... its a whole diff story !

"c'mon, kid, hasn't even been an hour," rafe groans, while you crawl into his lap again. you sit right on his dick, moving the way that you know will get you dicked down within the next ten minutes. or at least you thought it would.

rafe's huge hands come to your hips, lifting you up and off, tumbling onto the bedspace next to him.

"m'not a dildo, kid. give it a rest, it's fuckin' tired."

"i bet i can wake it up," you giggle, hand snaking back onto rafe's chest and trailing down. he grabs your wrist.

"what the fuck. are-are you not satisifed. is that what this is?"

"i never said that," you say with a sincere shake of your head and one of your concerned looks. "oh, am i not supposed to want it more? is that bad?"

rafe's not sure what he's gonna do with you.

"no, baby, it's not bad. it's healthy." you look relieved, chest heaving slower while you sink into your side of the bed.

he thinks that's the end of the conversation, but it comes up again a few days later, when he picks you up and takes you out for icecream on the pier. you lick your cone, watching the sunset while rafe stares at you, when ropes from someone's boat catches your eye.

"that rope looks strong," you comment, with another swipe of your tongue. rafe's about to start a lecture on boats when you cut him off, piping in again. "i bet if you tied me up with that i couldn't even move. it would probably leave scars. right?" you glance up from the rope to look at your boyfriend.

"huh?"

"the rope. if you tied it around my wrists and ankles. it would probably leave a mark. and hurt. you think we can take that rope or should we buy our own?"

he stares at you, not sure if you're joking.

"no, no one's tying you up with rope. what the fuck?"

"ugh. rafe?"

"yeah? kid?"

"you want some?" you offer, handing him the ice cream cone.

the next time he's heard enough. he's driving through the woods, a creepy backroad that led him to barry's, where he'd taken you with him since it was late at night. there's no lights, just the moon and the trees.

you stare out the window, he thinks you're tired from the day's activities.

"what're you thinkin' about, kid?"

"i bet if you let me loose in these woods you wouldn't be able to find me." he's a little confused, but sometimes you say odd shit so he goes along with it.

"yeah, that's what getting lost means."

"no, silly, not lost. if you let me run so you could chase me." you crane your neck, looking out the window at the expanse of the forest.

"to... find you?"

"duh, rafe. how else could we have sex in the woods if you don't find me. that's the whole point, you have to chase me. like a predator animal. i wonder if there's bears in these woods."

"are you jokin'?" you turn to look at him, with that same confused expression, sweet and confused.

"no? why?" he slams on the brakes, pulling over.

"get real, kid. you want me to chase you through the forest and fuck you, what, against a tree?"

"no, rafe," you start sincerely, looking concerned. "not against a tree, wouldn't that hurt? maybe on the grass. it just depends how far i get, until you find me, i guess. it looks like just trees here."

he stares at you, and then back at his hands on the wheel.

"rafe?"

"yes?"

"so are we gonna do it today, or..?"

[newblvotg]

[pigeon-princess]

The wizard with the constitution of a victorian orphan is still going strong in Curse of Strahd! The horrors of Barovia Valley are abundant but we endure.